Maybe I should done one in full sunlight. I wonder how far above the Ring plane it is?
Posted on 08/16/2004 4:22:59 PM PDT by HawkeyeLonewolf
The Cassini spacecraft has spotted to previously unknown and small moons orbiting Saturn in an unexpected location.
The satellites are tiny, about 2 miles (3 kilometers) and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) in diameter. They orbit within 131,000 miles (211,000 kilometers) of the planet's center.
The discoveries bring the total of Saturn's known moons to 33. Number 31 was discovered last year with a ground-based telescope.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
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By my back-of-the-envelope calculation, a 64kg individual would weigh approximately 1 microgram on the smaller of the two moons if it had the density of Earth.
You could launch yourself down to Saturn's surface by sneezing!
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